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President
  
Ayub Khan

Died
  
1974


Name
  
Manzur Qadir

Preceded by
  
Feroz Khan Noon

Succeeded by
  
Mohammad Ali Bogra

Manzur Qadir

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Political party
  
All-India Muslim League

Manzur Qadir (Urdu: منظور قادر‎) was a leading Pakistani jurist of the 1950s and 1960s. He also served as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the military government of Ayub Khan from 1958 to 1962.

He was the son of Sir Abdul Qadir. He married a daughter of Fazli Husain.

In 1960, Qadir served as the chairman of the constitutional committee which formulated Pakistan's constitution of 1960.

Manzur Qadir served as the chief justice of the Lahore High Counrt from 1962-1963.

Qadir was a role-model to and a friend of Khushwant Singh. and Ijaz Hussain Batalvi, who later, organized series of Manzur Qadir Memorial Lectures which were heavily attended and appreciated by lawyers. Same practice was repeated by Akhtar Ali Kureshi by organizing Seminar in remembrance of Ijaz Hussain Batalvi

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Manzur Qadir Wikipedia